Brief telephone counselling is effective for caregivers who do not experience any major life events – caregiver-related outcomes of the German day-care study

Table 5 Secondary outcomes (n = 359)

Scale	Intervention group (n = 205)	Control group (n = 154)	t-test for independent samples
Scale	∆M (SD)	∆M (SD)	t	p
Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5 L)	.00 (0.2)	−.03 (0.2)	t(357) = −1.625	.105
Benefits (BIZA-D)	−.29 (4.0)	−.27 (4.5)	t(357) = .059	.953

Comparison of differences between baseline and after 6 months. Negative values on the BIZA-D change score (t0-t1) indicate improvements in seeing positive aspects of caregiving, negative values on the EQ-5D-5 L change score (t0-t1) indicate improvements in health-related quality of life *p-values < .05

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